Radio program indicator



A ril 2,1935. c; F. STONE 1,996,390

RADIO PROGRAM INDICATOR Filed Aug. 21, 1933 fiwerdbr Patented Apr. 2, 1 935 RADIO PROGRAM INDICATOR Charles F. Stone; Upper Darby, Pa. Application August 2.1, 1933; s rial No. .686,091'

' Claims. --'(c1. 40-70) Myinvention relates to a device by; which' *showing'one form only, selecting a form, however, thathas proven to be practical and eflicient in the times for difierentradio broadcasts. may be registered.

A purpose of my invention is to construct a- 5 card registering device having a rctatably adjustable disc that is placed between outside members which have sight openings through which indications on the disc will appear., I

I A further purpose is to divide both sides of a Aiurther purpose is to construct a radio pro gram reminder with a two sided dial, each side of the dial being divided into twelve sectors to 2 represent hours, and each sector being divided into four apertures, representing one-quarter hour apiece, the sector on one side of the device" vice for certain times of the day.

representing twelve hours before noon,ffor example, and the other side representing twelve hours after noon. I

A' further purpose is to construct a program'reminder or broadcast clock comprising a revolving disc, located between two dials with apertures upon each of the dials through which apertures a week which are upon both sides of the disc.

A further purpose. is to provide a recess at the edge of a registry device and-t0 all w a disc to extend outwardly into the recess to-allowfor hand movement of the disc. I

A further purpose is to glue a strip of cardboard to two outside boards and to project the strip of cardboard through an opening in a disc located between the outside boards, the disc being limited in its. movement according to the size. of opening" in the disc as compared with the dimensions of the strip of cardboard.

Further purposes will tion and in the claims.

Referring to the drawing:'

F ure 1 is a top plan view showing/one side of my inproved program reminder.

Figure 2 is a,top plan view of the device 01' Figure 1, but showing thereverse side oi! my program reminder from that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 44 of Figure 2.

registry device into a number of sectorsjeach. sector to represent one hour of each day andtotwelve single divisions with four apertures in one maysee the same name of an individual day, selected from a group of names of the days of f when it isdesiredtoset my broadcast reminder for use on a'particularday, the disc I4 is rotated appear in the specifica-" I have preferred to illustrate my invention by operation and which well meets the needs of service.

Many times radio listeners have enJ oyed a particular program and would like to hear the same program again when it periodically'recurs, as for example, next week.

Because of failure to note the time of certain 10 broadcasts, listeners many times forget or overlookthe time that these certain broadcasts next come on the 'air.

My invention is intended to overcome the objection noted above.

I have provided a device by which the listener can note upon a disc the times and names of broadcasting stations or programs that are of interest to him. The disc is rotatable and certain markings upon the disc will be made by the user 20 noting particular programs or broadcasting stations through the openings in the dials of the deto cause the name of the desired day to appear through openings IS in the dial faces II and I2.

The disc I4 is readily rotated by hand engagenient with'the edge' I! of the disc I, since the recesses I8'cut in the edges 1 9 of each of the dials II and I2 permitaccess to the disc.- The recesses I8 are cut deep enough to allow 'the disc M to extend beyond the dials for hand engagement.

Inner and outer circular portions 20 and 2| are provided upon each of the dial faces I l and- I2,

[between which circular portions radial, lines 22 are used to'form divisions 23 by which the hours j are indicated.

Infeach' hour division I provide fouropenings 24} 25, 26 and 21. Each of the openings is marked toindicate one-quarter of each hour. Thus. for

instance, if the division'identified at 9 be considered, it will be noted that the opening 24 denotes 9:00, the opening 25 denotes 9: 15, the opening 26 denotes 9:30 and the opening 2! denotes 9:45.

Each of the hour divisions is the same excepting for the diflerence in the number or the hour.

If the user should hear a program on a Sunday evening, say at 9:00 oclock he will first of all make sure that he has selected the right side of the broadcast reminder, identifying it by the P. M" marking contained thereon adjacent the opening IS. The disc will then be moved by finger engagement with the edge of the disc I to cause the name of the desired day, in this case Sunday, to appear through the opening it.

After the proper day has been identified, the user will then note the hour or fraction thereof, after which he will note the time; if it be 9:00 oclock he will then jot down the name of the program or broadcasting station in space 24 of the 9:00 oclock division. A record of the programs or station and time is then permanently established and can be easily referred to again in case it is needed, as for example, on the next Sunday evening.

Of course it will not be necessary to obtain the time and program in theabove manner, as the time of broadcasts can be obtained from the daily newspapers and from these the user may fill in the names of the stations or programs desired. It may be that there are only a few stations that he will wish to tune in on. a certain day. If this be the case, the indications will stand out more prominently than if there were many. This is not important, however, as some users may mark programs for five or six hours of a day or evening and every 15 minutes of the time.

The broadcast reminder has been divided into twelve divisions or sectors on each of its sides, one side representing twelve hours before noon, for example, and the other side representing twelve hours after noon. They have accordingly been marked A. M. on one side and P. M. on the other.

Initially, the disc has no markings, excepting guide dots and the names of the days of the week. After the device has been put in use the names of programs or radio, stations will be written on the disc by inserting a pencil through the openings IS in either of the dials.

By rotating the disc in a clockwise direction, for example, (if we view it from the front), different names of days will appear .at the openings 16 in the dial. The names of the days on one side may start with Saturday, following with Friday, Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Monday and Sunday. The rotary movement of the disc in either direction will cause any of the names of the days of a week to appear or disappear at the will of the user. On the back the above motion will appear as counter-clockwise and the order of the days will be reversed.

The rotary movement of the disc I4 is approximately limited to the amount of the printing of-the names of the days of a week. A stop 28 is glued to both inner faces 29 of the dials l I and I2 and it projects through an opening 30 in the disc I. Edge walls 3| and 32 of the disc limit the movement of the disc I to about one sector in order-to prevent the disc from travelling farther than necessary.

The dials H and II are glued together at their four corners 33 to prevent relative rotation of the dials and also enclose the disc.

I believe that I am the first to place apertures in a dial through which happenings at predetermined intervals may be recorded, in connection with an opening with which a particular day of a week may be registered.

I also believe that I am the first to provide a device that presents two dial surfaces on oppo,- site sides, one side of which represents twelve hours before noon, and the other of which represents twelve hours after noon.

In view of my invention and disclosure variations and modifications to suit individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident to others skilled in the art to obtain part or all of the benefits of my invention without copying the structure shown and I therefore claim all such in so far as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a radio program reminder, a rotatable disc carrying indications of the days of a week, and a pair of dials, one on each side of the disc, each having an opening to show one of the days indicated on the disc, bearing indications of the hours of the day and having openings for subdivisions of hours, whereby the radio broadcast at a given time of a given day may be recorded in the proper place on the disc after setting the disc for the proper day.

2. In a radio program reminder, a plurality of spaced dials, each having an opening to indicate one of the days of the week, divided into sectors for the hours and provided with openings for the subdivisions of the hours, a disc rotatably mounted between the dials and bearing markings for the days of the week cooperating with the opening to indicate one of the days of the week and a stop secured to the dials and extending between them through a space in the disc,'whereby the range of rotation of the disc is limited to the spacing on the disc between the first and the last days of the week. v

3. In a radio program reminder, a front dial having a circular portion divided into twelve sectors, one for each hour before noon and having an indexing opening for the days of the week, there being four indexing openings in each sector for the quarter'hour, a rear dial behind the front dial and similar to the front dial, for the twelve hours after noon, a disc mounted between the front and rear dials having a blank space cooperating with the one-quarter hour openings on the hour divisions of each dial and having markings of the day of the week cooperating with the indexing opening for such markings on each dial, the marking on the front for a given day coop erating with the front index opening when the .marking on the rear for the same day cooperates with the rear index opening, a pivot pin extending through the center of the disc and into each dial and a stop secured to the dial and limiting rotation of the disc.

CHARLES F, STONE. 

